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176328967<p>Printed in 1763 by Arkstee & Merkus in Amsterdam and Leipzig this edition of Les Commentaires de César includes Julius Caesar's principal military texts translated into French by Perrot d'Ablancourt and Mascrier. The two-volume set presents both De Bello Gallico and Bellum Alexandrinum attributed to Aulus Hirtius. Alongside the translation this printing contains 13 engraved illustrations and two folding maps attributed to Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. Format: Duodecimo 12mo. Collation: Vol. I – xx 407 1; Vol. II – 4 432. Illustrations: 13 engraved plates; 2 folding maps. Edition: Nouvelle édition revue corrigée et augmentée. Condition: Very Good. Structurally sound binding with external rubbing. Moderate foxing scattered through text. Folding maps present with minor edge wear. References: Lowndes 345–46. Item Number SKU: #28967. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Arkstee & Merkus hardcover
Frommann-9783772815027frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German Latin. Hardcover. New. XCIV 633 p. 179 x 245 cm. Scaligers 14841558 Poetices libri septem published in 1561 for the first time is the most comprehensive and probably the most influential poetological compendium of the Renaissance. What is presumably the most famous work of the Italian-French humanist is now being presented in a critical bilingual edition for the first time. A critical apparatus and a list of sources have been included with the Latin text. The German translation has been provided with explanatory annotations. Each book is preceded by a short introduction. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815027frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German Latin. Hardcover. New. XCIV 633 p. 179 x 245 cm. Scaligers 14841558 Poetices libri septem published in 1561 for the first time is the most comprehensive and probably the most influential poetological compendium of the Renaissance. What is presumably the most famous work of the Italian-French humanist is now being presented in a critical bilingual edition for the first time. A critical apparatus and a list of sources have been included with the Latin text. The German translation has been provided with explanatory annotations. Each book is preceded by a short introduction. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815034frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German Latin. Hardcover. New. 575 p. 179 x 245 cm. Scaligers 14841558 Poetices libri septem published in 1561 for the first time is the most comprehensive and probably the most influential poetological compendium of the Renaissance. What is presumably the most famous work of the Italian-French humanist is now being presented in a critical bilingual edition for the first time. A critical apparatus and a list of sources have been included with the Latin text. The German translation has been provided with explanatory annotations. Each book is preceded by a short introduction. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815034frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German Latin. Hardcover. New. 575 p. 179 x 245 cm. Scaligers 14841558 Poetices libri septem published in 1561 for the first time is the most comprehensive and probably the most influential poetological compendium of the Renaissance. What is presumably the most famous work of the Italian-French humanist is now being presented in a critical bilingual edition for the first time. A critical apparatus and a list of sources have been included with the Latin text. The German translation has been provided with explanatory annotations. Each book is preceded by a short introduction. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815041frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German Latin. Hardcover. New. 653 p. 179 x 245 cm. Scaligers 14841558 Poetices libri septem published in 1561 for the first time is the most comprehensive and probably the most influential poetological compendium of the Renaissance. What is presumably the most famous work of the Italian-French humanist is now being presented in a critical bilingual edition for the first time. A critical apparatus and a list of sources have been included with the Latin text. The German translation has been provided with explanatory annotations. Each book is preceded by a short introduction. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815041frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German Latin. Hardcover. New. 653 p. 179 x 245 cm. Scaligers 14841558 Poetices libri septem published in 1561 for the first time is the most comprehensive and probably the most influential poetological compendium of the Renaissance. What is presumably the most famous work of the Italian-French humanist is now being presented in a critical bilingual edition for the first time. A critical apparatus and a list of sources have been included with the Latin text. The German translation has been provided with explanatory annotations. Each book is preceded by a short introduction. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815058frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German Latin Neugriechisch. Hardcover. New. 733 p. 179 x 245 cm. This volume contains the fifth book Criticus of Scaligers Poetics. It was with this book that the practical part of a poets training began. Using concrete examples Scaliger shows how the budding poet can perfect himself through emulation and the power of judgment. The comparative analysis of numerous individual passages deals initially with Virgil and his Greek role models and then shows similar sections from Roman literature. Book 5 is classic proof of the disparagement of Homer a scandalous attitude in hindsight. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815058frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German Latin Neugriechisch. Hardcover. New. 733 p. 179 x 245 cm. This volume contains the fifth book Criticus of Scaligers Poetics. It was with this book that the practical part of a poets training began. Using concrete examples Scaliger shows how the budding poet can perfect himself through emulation and the power of judgment. The comparative analysis of numerous individual passages deals initially with Virgil and his Greek role models and then shows similar sections from Roman literature. Book 5 is classic proof of the disparagement of Homer a scandalous attitude in hindsight. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815065frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. Latin German. Hardcover. New. 647 p. 179 x 245 cm. Books 6 und 7 of the Poetics conclude the edition of the text and the translation. The subject of the 6th book Hypercriticus is much like the fifth Latin poetry and its goal is to give the budding poet examples which are worthy of imitation. There is a division into five eras: from the beginnings and Roman classicism to the decline during the Empire and late antiquity and then the revival after Petrarch. The normative judgmental aspect predominates which means that a historical approach as it is taken today was not yet possible. Of great significance is the 4th chapter which contains an overview of modern Latin poetry. The short 7th book provides a number of addenda to the preceding books as the title Epinomis appendix indicates. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815065frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. Latin German. Hardcover. New. 647 p. 179 x 245 cm. Books 6 und 7 of the Poetics conclude the edition of the text and the translation. The subject of the 6th book Hypercriticus is much like the fifth Latin poetry and its goal is to give the budding poet examples which are worthy of imitation. There is a division into five eras: from the beginnings and Roman classicism to the decline during the Empire and late antiquity and then the revival after Petrarch. The normative judgmental aspect predominates which means that a historical approach as it is taken today was not yet possible. Of great significance is the 4th chapter which contains an overview of modern Latin poetry. The short 7th book provides a number of addenda to the preceding books as the title Epinomis appendix indicates. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
1737255871737. Lugd. Lugdonum Bat. Batavorum / Leyde / Leyden / Rotterdami Rotterdam apud Samuelen Luchtmans / Johannem Danielem Beman 1737. 2 parties reliÂŽes en un fort vol. au format in-4 269 x 213 mm de 2 ff. bl. 1 f. imprimÂŽ d'ex-praemio 1 titre-frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. 11 ff. n.fol. 1.035 pp. 16 ff. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein vÂŽlin ivoire cha”nettes dorÂŽes encadrant les plats lesquels s'ornent en outre en leur centre des larges armes dorÂŽes de la ville de La Haye lÂŽgendÂŽe Hagae Comitis dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de cha”nettes dorÂŽes larges fleurons dorÂŽs tranches mouchetÂŽes. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une superbe reliure aux armes de la ville de La Haye figurant une Minerve avec la devise Hagae Comitis. ''Bonne ÂŽdition''. in Brunet. L'illustration se dÂŽcompose comme suit : - 1 superbe titre-frontispice allÂŽgorique gravÂŽ signÂŽ F. V. Bleyswyck dans la plaque - 9 cartes ou planches dÂŽpliantes gravÂŽes - 3 planches ˆ pleine-page. L'iconographie est complÂŽtÂŽe par quelques figures dans le texte. ''Les cartes et gravures sont celles de l'ÂŽdition de Graeve''. in Graesse. CÂŽsar nՎtait pas seulement un grand gÂŽnÂŽral et un homme dՃtat il excellait ÂŽgalement dans lÕart oratoire et dans lՎcriture ce dont tÂŽmoigne ces Commentaires modÂle du genre des mÂŽmoires historiques. Brunet I Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 1456 - Graesse II TrÂŽsor de livres rares et prÂŽcieux p. 8. Reliure prÂŽsentant un ÂŽclat lÂŽgÂrement altÂŽrÂŽ. Ors des plats oxydÂŽs. Claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Quelques rares feuillets lÂŽgÂrement oxydÂŽs. Du reste belle condition. b42961 unknown
16552185<p>Half calf. Five raised bands. Marbled boards. Boards detached; binding separated at p. 50; wear all around; lacking frontispiece. Occasional scholia. Full page plates on recto only; some reinforced at verso edges; one with losses at gutter request images. xl;196;142;10 pp.</p> R. Daniel hardcover
Frommann-9783772822209frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German. Hardcover. New. 430 p. 179 x 245 cm. The last volume of the critical edition of Scaligers Poetics contains the extremely detailed index of the first edition which significantly controlled and influenced the reception of the work. In this context the references to the present edition have been changed. In addition the complete work has been made more accessible by a series of indexes in the modern sense of the word: There is an index of passages in the text which is complemented by indexes of subject names rhetorical devices and metrical structures. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772822209frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German. Hardcover. New. 430 p. 179 x 245 cm. The last volume of the critical edition of Scaligers Poetics contains the extremely detailed index of the first edition which significantly controlled and influenced the reception of the work. In this context the references to the present edition have been changed. In addition the complete work has been made more accessible by a series of indexes in the modern sense of the word: There is an index of passages in the text which is complemented by indexes of subject names rhetorical devices and metrical structures. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
118040Paris Allais libraire quai des Augustins 1805. 8vo. xiii 1 224 pp. 6 engr. plates of which one is folding. Plates cut within frame. Minor spotting a bit larger on pp. 123-124 and 202-202. Worn contemporary half calf spine very worn red marbled board papers. Pencil notes on the verso of the titlepage and on page i. From the library of Charles Sumner Dolley with his signature on half title and title page dated 1893. First edition. Jules-César Savigny 1778-1851 was a French zoologist who took part in Napoleon’s large Egyptian expedition in 1798 with responsibility for studying invertebrates. He returned in 1802 and published this study of the Ibis in 1805 later he also contributed to the large â€Description de l'Égypteâ€. The work starts with the chapter â€Extrait des questions proposées par M. Michaelis†which means the questions made by Johann David Michaelis in â€Questions for a Society of Learned Men†in 1762 where Savigny relates what Fredric Hasselquist and others have said about the Ibis. Savigny’s most important work was â€Mémoires sur les animaux sans vertèbres†and published between 1816 and 1820.Charles Sumner Dolley 1856-1948 was professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania between 1885 and 1892 and thereafter working in the Bahamas. unknown
170818115Leipzig: Friedrich Groschuff 1708. and a full-page engraved frontispiece of Caesar astride a horse triumphant wielding a severed head on a pike woodcut and typographic tables throughout. Contemporary mottled brown sheep scuffed spine and morocco labels gilt title label damaged green silk marker edges marbled blue. Ownership inscription of Andreas Meyer dated 4 Dec. 1843. Internally fine despite the usual browning of German books of this era. ; and a full-page engraved frontispiece same as above folding engraved map of Germanic territories. In good condition. A fine German baroque sammelband of Roman war histories. The first is a condensed version of the lengthy sagas of Julius Caesar’s military campaigns in De Bello Alexandrino De Bello Africo and De Bello Hispaniensi thought to have been written by the Roman legate Hirtius. The authorship has come into question in more recent scholarship. <br /> The second book is a fascinating anonymous account of the Germanic chieftain Arminius’ definitive victory at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest over the Roman army in 9 A.D. widely considered the smoking gun of the Roman Empire’s withdrawal from Germania.<br /> I: VD18 11450800; II: VD18 12848328; Bircher Deutsche Drucke des Barock 1600-1720 B9868. Friedrich Groschuff unknown
2247Toulouse: Apud Dominicum Bosc & Petrum Bosc 1620-1621. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. 12ff. 101pp. 1ff.; 47pp.; 79pp.; 51pp. Vellum. Graesse VI 289. <br/> <br/> Toulouse: Apud Dominicum Bosc & Petrum Bosc, 1620-1621. hardcover
180517929Paris 1805. 8vo. Allais Contemporary half red morocco and marbled paper sides gold-tooled spine and brown sprinkled edges. With 6 engraved plates including 3 folding designed by Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet. XIV 224 pp. First edition of the natural and mythological history of the ibis illustrated with beautifully engraved designs. The author Marie Jules-César Lelorgue de Savigny 1777-1851 gives an account of the black and white ibis their mythical position in ancient Egypt with the several cults that existed their natural habitat and the answer to the question whether they eat snakes and why or not. Six numbered engravings illustrate the work showing the black and white ibis close-ups from the beak and leg and some ancient illustrations. H.J. Redouté and Barraband designed the illustrations. Both were extraordinary good artists and probably two of the greatest illustrators of natural history of all time. We only know Redouté as such because Barraband died rather young. However by that time he had already made beautiful ornithological illustrations for Levaillant's works on parrots and birds of paradise. De Savigny's Description de l'Egypte appeared during the years 1809-1830 in which he published his observations and investigations made during the military expeditions of Napoleon's army to Egypt in the years 1798-1801. The section dealing with natural history was printed in 4 volumes in 1809-1820 with plates designed by J.H. Redouté and Barraband and executed by Bouquet. The present work is a sort of "preview" of this grander project here only focussing on the ibis.With an autograph dedication by the author on the half-title and two partially damaged book plates on the front pastedown "Bibliothèque du Chateau de . = erased" and "Bibliothèque . E. Me. . = erased". The binding shows signs of wear with rubbed boards the first four leaves after the title page are trimmed short the final leaf is torn without affecting the illustration and there is some foxing and browning throughout. Otherwise in good condition.l Nissen Vogelbücher 819; Ronsil 2718; not in Anker. hardcover
1584BTETM0002626Frankfurt: Ioan Wechelum 1584. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo Standard 8vo 6 נ9 in 152 נ229 mm . Ioannes Iucundus Giovanni Giocondo. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Very Good - Woodcut vignette to title folding map of Europe frayed to edges with small loss to margins woodcut illustrations woodcut printer's device to final leaf woodcut head-pieces and initials early 18th-century brown ink ownership inscription of George Hamilton to title with further inscription struck-through at head first few leaves with small hole to foot some light spotting and browning contemporary blindstamped sheep central arabesque device to covers lacking ties some wear upper joint split at head and foot. Adams C69produced by the Wechel press a leading humanist house that unlike many Lyon/Antwerp editions of the same era combined a corrected text scholarly notes and an ambitious illustration program in a portable octavo format.8vo 16.5 × 10.5 cm. Complete including three natural-history plates are famous and distinctive to this Wechel series.Uri figura wild ox / aurochs Bos primigenius.Bison figura bison.Alcis figura elk-like creature Caesars description may refer to the European elk Alces alces.These originated in the 1513 GiocondoAldine Caesar and were faithfully re-cut for Wechel.Please see photos as part of condition report Collation: Collation: AZ AaZz AaaGgg Ggg HhhLll Corrigenda¹ Printers device¹.Pagination: 16 823 38 pp. including Corrigenda and terminal leaf with Wechels Pegasus device. Please see Photos as part of condition report. 1584 3rd Edition With Provenance COMMENTARIORUM C. IULII CAESARIS DE BELLO GALLICO LIB VII et Civili Pompeiano lib. III By Julius Caesar Aulus Hirtius François Hotman Author Bio: François Hotman Latinized Franciscus Hotomanus 1524 1590 was a French humanist jurist Protestant scholar and political thinker one of the most influential legal and intellectual figures of the 16th century. A pioneer of modern legal history and a forerunner of constitutional thought as well as one of the first critical editors to treat Caesars commentaries as both literary text and historical document. Illustrated By: Ioannes Iucundus Giovanni Giocondo Illustrator Bio: Giovanni Giocondo ca. 1433 1515/16 Humanist scholar architect engineer antiquarian and classical editor. Verona Republic of Venice. Giocondo is best remembered among bibliophiles for his illustrated editions of classical texts. His Caesar illustrations were widely copied in 16th-century reprints including this 1584 Frankfurt Wechel edition and became the standard visual vocabulary for Caesars campaigns for centuries. Provenance: George Hamilton dated 1724 in brown ink on title unidentified; possibly the Field Marshal George Hamilton 1st Earl of Orkney 16661737 or a contemporary cleric/scholar of the same name; further research warranted. Synopsis: Commentarii de Bello Gallico English: Commentaries on the Gallic War also Bellum Gallicum English: Gallic War is Julius Caesar's first-hand account of the Gallic Wars written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years he spent fighting the Celtic and Germanic peoples in Gaul who opposed Roman conquest. Format: Hardcover Octavo Standard 8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary. Language: Latin Published By: Ioan Wechelum Frankfurt Condition Report: Dust Jacket: No Jacket Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Very Good - Very Good - Woodcut vignette to title folding map of Europe frayed to edges with small loss to margins woodcut illustrations woodcut printer's device to final leaf woodcut head-pieces and initials early 18th-century brown ink ownership inscription of George Hamilton to title with further inscription struck-through at head first few leaves with small hole to foot some light spotting and browning contemporary blindstamped sheep central arabesque device to covers lacking ties some wear upper joint split at head and foot. Adams C69produced by the Wechel press a leading humanist house that unlike many Lyon/Antwerp editions of the same era combined a corrected text scholarly notes and an ambitious illustration program in a portable octavo format.8vo 16.5 × 10.5 cm. Complete including three natural-history plates are famous and distinctive to this Wechel series.Uri figura wild ox / aurochs Bos primigenius.Bison figura bison.Alcis figura elk-like creature Caesars description may refer to the European elk Alces alces.These originated in the 1513 GiocondoAldine Caesar and were faithfully re-cut for Wechel.Please see photos as part of condition report Collation: Collation: AZ AaZz AaaGgg Ggg HhhLll Corrigenda¹ Printers device¹.Pagination: 16 823 38 pp. including Corrigenda and terminal leaf with Wechels Pegasus device. Please see Photos as part of condition report. SKU: BTETM0002626 Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5 L: 30 W: 25 Units: cm W: 2Kg Tracked Shipping Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request Ioan Wechelum hardcover
159225739<p><strong>1592 Scaliger Exotericarum Subtilitate Cardano Physics Kepler Leibniz Philosophy</strong></p><p>Julius Caesar Scaliger was a 16th-century Italian scholar who wrote a number of important orations and commentaries. Some of his most important works were criticisms of Aristotle and other classical authors. <strong>One of his best works was written at the end of his life – "<em>Exotericarum exercitationum</em>" a commentary on Gerolamo Cardano's "<em>De Subtilitate</em></strong>". In this work Scaliger provided a new approach to natural philosophy and physics which was <strong>known to greatly influence philosophers such as Lipsius Francis Bacon Leibniz and Kepler.</strong></p><p>Item number: #25739</p><p>Price: $1500</p><p>SCALIGER Julius Caesar</p><p><strong><em>Exotericarum exercitationum liber XV. De subtilitate ad Hieronymum cardanum. In fine duo sunt indices</em></strong></p><p>Francofurti: Apud Andreae Wecheli heredes Claudium Marnium & Ioann. Aubrium 1592.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->16 1129 93</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Several woodcut illustrations throughout</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: Latin</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Vellum; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in 16.5cm x 11cm</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->VERY rare and desirable </p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>25739</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Andreae Wecheli heredes Claudium Marnium, & Ioann. Aubrium hardcover
114086London Hookham and Carpenter 1793. . First edition; 4to 24.5 x 19.5 cm; 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece with the half-title a touch of spotting to least few leaves otherwise clean internally; later full calf gilt rolled boards gilt spine in six compartments with contrasting gilt lettering piece board edges and turn-ins gilt rolled all edges gilt extremities a little rubbed otherwise a very good copy; 4 266 2pp.<br /> Ibbetson was a Yorkshire born artist whose first opportunity came when he was invited to accompany Cathcart on his embassy to China. Cathcart died en route however and this seems to sum up Ibbetson's luck; soon after his elegant views of Bath had been aquatinted and published by Hassell his wife died. He had already suffered the loss of eight children and this latest tragedy brought on an attack of brain fever. After he recovered from this he found that he had been robbed by his servants; this led him to seek escape in a life of dissipation which led to penury. At the end his artistic skill enabled him to pay off his debts. The small scale of his drawings suited book illustration and his special skill as an animal and in particular cattle painter can be seen in the illustrations in this work.<br /> Abbey Scenery 38; ESTC T54291; Tooley 277. London, Hookham and Carpenter, 1793. hardcover
994Northern Italy: Mint Moving with Caesar 49BCE. Elephant right trampling serpent more standing than walking like the one plated by Crawford. “CAESAR†in exergue. 4 emblems on reverse though some including Crawford have said the elephant is the rev. side. Cr. Crawford RRC 443/1. BMC British Museum Catalog Gaul 27. Kestner 3516. Exf. The first silver Caesar and the first to bear his name a military issue originally struck at the mobile mint traveling with the legions for the sole purpose of paying Caesar’s troops on the eve of crossing the Rubicon and on the march to Rome that followed commencing the civil war and assuring that no further funds would be forthcoming from the Senate. And Sear says that this coin continued to be struck once Caesar arrived in Rome and had confiscated the reserve bullion stores left in the aerarium treasury by the fleeing Pompeians 15000 bars of gold 30000 bars of silver and 7500000 denarii in cash. It was however confined to military payment as the Roman mintiers struck different denarii for civilian commerce. This is a relatively common Caesar coin but it is not so common in this condition with sharp details as well as orange yellow and red iridescence. The majority of examples of this type belong to one of two artistic designs when considering the elephant the more realistic and accurate depiction this coin and one in which the elephant has short legs and an almost pig like appearance. Mint Moving with Caesar unknown
1712B5212London: Jacob Tonson c. 1712. A handsome example of this magnificent work. . Edition: First Edition Binding: Contemporary full brown calf with blind tooled decorative border on top and bottom cover. Spine of raised bands in eight heavily gilt compartments with black label with gilt text on 2. Gilt dentelles on all edges of top and bottom cover. Pasted and free marbled endpapers. All edges speckled. Notes: Text is in Latin. Samuel Clarke's Caesar is generally regarded as one of the finest examples of 18th-century English publishing: "The most sumptuous classical work which this country has produced" Dibdin. Edward Harwood views on the book were also highly praiseworthy: "Although his Caesar achieved elegance mainly through profuse ornament the typography nonetheless has qualities of stateliness and dignity which set the book far above the usual product of the time and place.†During his lifetime Caesar was regarded as one of the best orators and prose authors in Latin — even Cicero spoke highly of Caesar's rhetoric and style. Only Caesar's war commentaries have survived. A few sentences from other works are quoted by other authors. Size: Large Folio 475x300mm. Illustration: Illustrated with an engraved title page frontis portrait of John Duke of Marlborough and of Julius Caesar 6 maps one hand-coloured in outline 78 plates and plans 55 of them double-page and/or folding by Huyberts and others all numbered from 1 to 87; numerous engraved initials and vignettes to text. The double page plate of the Bison is in this copy. References: Brunet I 1456; Dibdin Greek and Latin Classics I 361-3; Huntington Library Great Books in Great Editions 15. Pages: P. Endpapers. Blank. Engraved title page. Title page. Frontis portrait of Marlborough. Authors note. Frontis portrait of Caesar. Lectori. Fold out map. Fold out map. Title page. 3-560. Blank. Endpapers. Category: Book Europe Italy; Book Plate Books General; Book Military; Book Literature; Book Classics; Book Europe United Kingdom; Jacob Tonson hardcover
